First Major Winter Storm of 2019

[GraemeWi]

Massive storm in West Auckland - near constant thunder, tons of lightening, and now getting hit with hail

[snow101]

First sleet here at Whakapapa Village (1160m) although it is about 4 hours early, wasn't expecting sleet til after midnight!

[Richard]

Interesting how the radar is picking no precipitation north of Waipara to Marlborough yet its raining well here, the cloud base must have lowed to have allowed this

[AKLsurfer]

First sleet here at Whakapapa Village (1160m) although it is about 4 hours early, wasn't expecting sleet til after midnight!

Thanks for the update, on our way down to Whakapapa village tonight

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[snow101]

First sleet here at Whakapapa Village (1160m) although it is about 4 hours early, wasn't expecting sleet til after midnight!

Thanks for the update, on our way down to Whakapapa village tonight

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3.5 Degrees at the moment, down from the 5.5 degrees it was before the sleet started. Currently raining, expecting snow tonight!

[Orion]

On phone at present to my Silverdale Spy, who is getting thunder just a few seconds after lightning, and pouring rain.

[tornado]

same here in auckland we just been getting thunderstorms.

[Richard]

On phone at present to my Silverdale Spy, who is getting thunder just a few seconds after lightning, and pouring rain.

Where is Silverdale

[Razor]

On phone at present to my Silverdale Spy, who is getting thunder just a few seconds after lightning, and pouring rain.

Where is Silverdale

North of Auckland

[tornado]

Where is Silverdale

North of Auckland

pakuranga east auckland also had thunderstorm more tommorow also

[AKLsurfer]

Thanks for the update, on our way down to Whakapapa village tonight

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3.5 Degrees at the moment, down from the 5.5 degrees it was before the sleet started. Currently raining, expecting snow tonight!

Just arrived, hoping for some snow tonight!


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[Razor]

Must be snowing through Arthur's Pass, still open but chains essential. Porters will shut I'd expect

[Dean.]

Must be snowing through Arthur's Pass, still open but chains essential. Porters will shut I'd expect

Settling in Arthurs Pass township..also snowing in Tekapo
Fairlie at 300 metres only 1.4 degrees already

[Cyclone Tracy]

Kaikoura MS site 984 hPa and falling @10.25pm

[Bradley]

MetService have just issued a heavy rain warning for Canterbury Plains and Christchurch:

Area: Canterbury Plains and Christchurch
Valid: 11 hours from 10:00pm Friday to 9:00am Saturday
Forecast: Periods of heavy rain. Expect 60 to 80mm to accumulate inland with lesser amounts near the coast. Peak intensities of 5 to 10mm per hour. Please note, heavy snow possible above about 400 metres.

[Chris W]

Looks like the low centre is somewhere between Chch and there (Kaikoura), we are at 986 and briefly in the shade of the peninsula as the wind starts to turn southerly. Very heavy rain in South Canterbury and some high numbers modelled for Chch from midnight. We’ve had some downpours already. I note MetService have upgraded the rain watch for the plains and city to a warning: https://www.metservice.com/warnings/sev ... r-warnings

Edit - I was wrong about the shadow, another downpour just arrived from the northeast!

[talbotmj15]

Well snow falling in Fairlie from a source. Given its altitude some may have egg on there face after this is done. From all the models and data ive seen this was always a good likelyhood. Will be interesting now to see how low it reaches.

[snow101]

Wow. Already falling in Fairlie at 300 metres! Cold air doesn't peak until Saturday morning. Could be a crazy night for some.

[Dean.]

Well snow falling in Fairlie from a source. Given its altitude some may have egg on there face after this is done. From all the models and data ive seen this was always a good likelyhood. Will be interesting now to see how low it reaches.

Snow falling at 300 metres on Friday evening in South Canterbury...was not expected until Saturday morning at least...interesting

[Storm Struck]

Looks like the low centre has crossed around cheviot area, it was off the coast of greymouth an hour ago thats how fast the alps shifted it east.
This will feed a more S-SW flow into canterbury, reducing the chance of sheltering from banksy and increasing the overall area to the whole region, not just Ashburton north.
Just typing this and man that rain was heavy very intense with small hailstones mixed in. If it keeps up like this we will have 60mm in no time.

[JP.]

Jeffs in Halswell has 982.4 hpa and falling currently at 11pm. Been some vey heavy bands of rain through Chch city with plenty more to come by the looks

[TonyT]

Long deep rumbles of thunder in Amberley now.

Edit - and now multiple flashes and sharp crackling thunder just a few seconds after the flash

[Cyclone Tracy]

MS site @ Kaikoura now 983 hPa with gravity wave clouds appearing to its north around the interacting jets. It's showtime.

[Razor]

No rain in Halswell for the past hour

[Razor]

Jeffs in Halswell has 982.4 hpa and falling currently at 11pm. Been some vey heavy bands of rain through Chch city with plenty more to come by the looks

Have there? Not yet from my observations. I say YET